This week, I have been experimenting with Deep Research, the AI agent OpenAI released on Sunday that it says is capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information. Not to be confused with the controversial Chinese AI product DeepSeek), Deep Research is said to be particularly useful for people in fields such as finance, science and law.

In a recent article in the New York University Law Review, Crane notes that AI is at the core of a number of emerging technologies with the potential to reinvent the entire economy—and that idea carries profound implications for the practice of law. 

“We’re looking forward to getting the appeal resolved and — hopefully — getting the river flowing again soon,” said attorney Adam Keats, who represents a local public interest group called Bring Back the Kern, which sued the city of Bakersfield in 2022 for allegedly being derelict in its river operations.

(Subscription required) A Central Valley native, San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Erin E. Guy Castillo has also been a driving force in community outreach, education and legal mentorship. From her unexpected path into law to her current role on the bench, her story is one of perseverance, service and leadership.